Download 4 week elective ELEC 369 PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN

4 week elective
ELEC 369
PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN THE CURRICULUM: This 4
week elective is offered in July as a Career Elective intended for UIC
students interested in pursuing a career in Ophthalmology. PURPOSE: A ophthalmology clinical rotation which is primarily for
students who are planning a career in ophthalmology and need to learn the
proper performance of a basic comprehensive eye examination. The ability
to perform a comprehensive eye examination will enable students to
evaluate various ocular complaints and to better diagnose eye
diseases.
COMPETENCIES: Goals for the fourth year elective include:
• The
student should know the essentials of ocular anatomy;
• The student
should be able to measure and record visual activities;
• The student
should be able to assess pupillary reflexes and ocular motility;
• The
student will learn the use of the slit lamp biomicroscopy in order to perform
a basic eye examination of the external apparatus and the anterior
segment of the eye;
• The student is expected to learn the use of the
direct and indirect ophthalmoscope in order to better evaluate the fundus
of the eye;
• The student is expected to perform basic tonometry and to
evaluate the optic disc for the detection of glaucoma;
• The student is
also expected to learn to evaluate visual fields by confrontation
examination. INSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES: Students will have an opportunity to work
with residents in the general eye clinic, including emergency eye screening
. There are also assignments to the various specialty clinics, e.g ., retina,
glaucoma, strabismus, neuro-ophthalmology, pediatrics, and cornea.
Operating room experience is also encouraged. In addition, students
participate with first-year ophthalmology residents in a special Orientation
to Ophthalmology course during the first two-weeks of July. Students are
expected to attend the morning lectures as well as grand rounds on
Wednesday afternoons.